Part of the Airbus UK Executive Team, Oriel leads external engagement in the UK across the three business divisions, Commercial, Defence and Space and Helicopters.

Before joining Airbus she was the UK’s first Deputy Trade Commissioner Europe, a British diplomat and senior civil servant advising successive Governments on tech security, international trade, investment, economic policy and the EU.

She speaks fluent French, German and Dutch and is a Trustee of the Franco-British Council.